I wrote: > * adjust configure and docs to set 5.8.3 as the minimum perl version
When I went to update the docs, I found they already said 5.8.3 is the minimum. Excavating in the git log led me to this old discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/16894.1501392088%40sss.pgh.pa.us#2c7641fa2459e84049301f185d74d429 So it was intentional at the time to leave configure's check as 5.8.0. However, given that the functionality available is less than you'd expect, and that we've not tested any such configuration in several years, I still concur with adjusting configure to require 5.8.3. Pushed it that way just now. regards, tom lane
